Into The Breach

Restrepo veteran and Green Beret Kyle Steiner was shot in the head in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley and called KIA over the radio, then survived to serve 20+ years in Special Forces. In Episode 59 of the Into the Breach Show, he tells the full story of OP Restrepo, Operation Rock Avalanche, failing and passing SF Selection, fatherhood, and the future of war.

Nazi occultism explained: WWII historian Dr. Christopher Simer reveals how Aryan mythology, eugenics, and the trauma of World War I fueled Heinrich Himmler's SS, from midnight seances and rune mystic Karl Maria Wiligut to the secret crypt at Wewelsburg Castle.What was real, and what was myth? We separate documented history from conspiracy theories, tracing the path from the 1800s occult revival and Helena Blavatsky's "Aryan race" to the Thule Society, Hitler's rise, the SS expedition to Tibet, and the Holocaust. Plus: did Hitler really escape, and what does a polarized 1930s Germany teach us today?

After every plan fell through when Recon Marine Garrett Smith left active duty, he got into Stanford, chose Silicon Valley over a government career and used his veteran network to co-found Reveal, a defense tech startup built to fix the outdated maps and poor situational awareness he dealt with in combat. In this conversation, he covers taking the Marine recon course at 32, raising money in venture capital and the startup lessons every veteran and aspiring founder should hear

Marine Corps combat veteran and CEO of Reveal Technology, Garrett Smith, shares his journey from enlisted 0311 infantryman to Afghanistan combat leader and defense-tech entrepreneur. From rocket attacks and special-operations missions in Helmand Province to Marine Corps leadership, veteran transition, drones, and building technology for the modern battlefield, this is a candid conversation about purpose, brotherhood, and life after war.

Army Ranger and physician Marshal Bahr reveals how veterans can navigate VA disability claims, medical evidence, PTSD, and PACT Act benefits after a denial.

75th Ranger Medic Marshal Bahr shares the realities of combat trauma medicine, Iraq and Afghanistan deployments, moral injury, and PTSD inside the 75th Ranger Regiment. After the VA denied his disability claim, he became a physician and built Xterra Health to help veterans navigate care, recovery, and life after service.

Tim Kennedy’s new podcast and apology, Specialist Kearns backing a Bradley into a fence and skipping deployment, and the Not in Regs Discord NSFW folder being called Marines United 2.0.

Nick Laidlaw joins Into the Breach to unpack Tim Kennedy’s failed apology one year later, the explosive Specialist Kearns recruiting drama, and the Not in Regs Discord scandal shaking the veteran community. Nick is also going full-time war journalist and has started Zero Line Dispatch.

Afghan Combat Veteran Justin Doefler reveals the night of September 4, 2009, when he locked onto a silent Tic-Tac UAP with infrared while on tower guard at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan — watching it race up to a jet, stop dead, dart around it, then shoot straight into space at hypersonic speed with zero propulsion signature.

Afghanistan combat veteran Justin Doefler reveals the night of September 4, 2009, when he tracked an unidentified craft on infrared as it stopped instantly beside a jet over Camp Leatherneck, darted around it with no propulsion or heat signature, then shot straight into space. After keeping the UAP encounter secret for seven years, a prophetic dream and over 1,000 hours of Bible research led him to connect the sighting to the host of heaven, end-times prophecy, and his appearance on History Channel’s Unidentified.